Sample of authors
Robotham, Michael
Michael Robotham is an Australian author of crime novels and a ghost writer. He was born in Casino, New South Wales, northeast Australia. His father was a teacher and there were plenty of books at home, but Michael preferred outdoor activities. When he was five years old, the family move to a small farming community, Gundagai, and seven years later to Coffs Harbour where Robotham graduated from...
Literary figures
Edward Thackeray
Gender: Male
A patient and stoic detective constable at Scotland Yard during the Victorian era. He works side-by-side with his superior Sergeant Cribb in a suite of historical whodunits by Peter Lovesey. Edward Thackeray is dutiful and conscientious, but somewhat lacking in imagination, and he finds it hard to always keep up with Cribb’s reasoning. Besides, he is bad at spelling, which causes a number of e...